Cancer patients were given a morale boost when a World Cup winner dropped in for a visit.

Jack Charlton visited the Marie Curie Hospice after being invited to see the good work carried out at the Newcastle centre.

During the visit Jack met Barry Sweeney, the father of Liam Sweeney who was killed in the MH17 disaster, and his wife Lesley, who is under going treatment at the hospice for lung cancer.

Jack, who managed Newcastle in the 1984/85 season, was presented with a sculpture of a Bedlington terrier by Gary Tiplady - who created a permanent memorial to Liam Sweeney and John Alder which is on display in the hospice garden.